The Yellow Tulip

The Yellow Tulip

For weeks

it struggled

through the hard crust

of the spring earth

and a foot

of air

Just to be

scorched

by the sun

jolted

by raindrops

blasted

by the wind

But on this gentle

May morning

as it opens

yellow petals

to the sky

Nothing else matters

 

George Swede (1940 – Canadian psychologist, poet and children’s writer)

Poetic Inquiry

1. What lines speak to you from the poem?

2. Write about a time in your life or career where you were the Yellow Tulip.

3. What have you opened to recently in your life or career?

4. Take any line from the poem and use as a writing prompt for your writing practice